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<blockquote data-quote="Rystefn" data-source="post: 9278926" data-attributes="member: 7043460">I mean, sure. You can argue that the character in question is neither an NPC nor a PC, but some other thing, if you like. But in the standard paradigm, the whole and entire definition of NPC basically boils down to &quot;everyone that isn't a PC.&quot; It's a definition by exclusion. So most people are going to roll that third group into the NPC category anyway. But that's a tangent that we probably don't need to go down.Whatever you call them, they unfortunately do happen sometimes. I wish it was only hypothetical for me. Luckily, it hasn't come up too often, but it's a thing I've had to deal with on occasion. Most recently, someone constantly hounding me about how to set up a shop even after including both:1) &quot;Remember, you are here as adventurers. The idea is to get rich by finding lost treasures of Xen'drik. Merchant characters are NPCs.&quot; in the campaign rules; and 2) &quot;Your character is required to be an adventurer who is capable of operating in a group and following the bylaws of the Black Tiger Company. Brooding loners, merchants, craftspeople, sadistic psychopaths, and characters who won't take adventuring jobs need not apply.&quot; in the character creation rules</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rystefn, post: 9278926, member: 7043460"] I mean, sure. You can argue that the character in question is neither an NPC nor a PC, but some other thing, if you like. But in the standard paradigm, the whole and entire definition of NPC basically boils down to "everyone that isn't a PC." It's a definition by exclusion. So most people are going to roll that third group into the NPC category anyway. But that's a tangent that we probably don't need to go down. Whatever you call them, they unfortunately do happen sometimes. I wish it was only hypothetical for me. Luckily, it hasn't come up too often, but it's a thing I've had to deal with on occasion. Most recently, someone constantly hounding me about how to set up a shop even after including both: 1) "Remember, you are here as adventurers. The idea is to get rich by finding lost treasures of Xen'drik. Merchant characters are NPCs." in the campaign rules; and 2) "Your character is required to be an adventurer who is capable of operating in a group and following the bylaws of the Black Tiger Company. Brooding loners, merchants, craftspeople, sadistic psychopaths, and characters who won't take adventuring jobs need not apply." in the character creation rules [/QUOTE]

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